Moonlight is also technically sunlight. Itās being reflected by the surface of the moon back onto Earth. If you were on the dark side of the moon while Earth was still visible on that side, I wonder how bright it would be lit up from light reflecting off Earth.
The ādarkā side of the moon is a bit of a weird thing, both linguistically and for its tidally locked orbit ^^
The moon revolves around earth at the same speed it revolves around its axis. This ātidal lockingā means that it is always showing the same āfaceā to the Earth, so that it doesnāt appear to be rotating from our perspective.
timelapse showing the precession of the moon
This doesnāt mean that one side is always dark and the other is exposed to the sun - just that instead of days, the moon has phases! So the situation of being āon the dark side of the moonā while the Earth is visible is not possible, but earthlight is very much a thing.
FYI - "dark side of the moon" refers to the far side of the moon (that never faces Earth). Dark here has the same meaning as in dark energy: "unknown."
I have no answer to your actual question, but would also be interested.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
Just regular sunlight. The ānightā sky might throw off your intuition, but no atmosphere = no sky
Kolanaki@pawb.social āØ14ā© āØhoursā© ago
Moonlight is also technically sunlight. Itās being reflected by the surface of the moon back onto Earth. If you were on the dark side of the moon while Earth was still visible on that side, I wonder how bright it would be lit up from light reflecting off Earth.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
The ādarkā side of the moon is a bit of a weird thing, both linguistically and for its tidally locked orbit ^^ The moon revolves around earth at the same speed it revolves around its axis. This ātidal lockingā means that it is always showing the same āfaceā to the Earth, so that it doesnāt appear to be rotating from our perspective. timelapse showing the precession of the moon This doesnāt mean that one side is always dark and the other is exposed to the sun - just that instead of days, the moon has phases! So the situation of being āon the dark side of the moonā while the Earth is visible is not possible, but earthlight is very much a thing.
antler@feddit.online āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
FYI - "dark side of the moon" refers to the far side of the moon (that never faces Earth). Dark here has the same meaning as in dark energy: "unknown."
I have no answer to your actual question, but would also be interested.
Kolanaki@pawb.social āØ13ā© āØhoursā© ago
Is there another way to describe the side that isnāt currently facing the sun? š¤